Bashers. It's Shanghainese for Cricket

Scotland v England at Cricket (In Shanghai)

As the Battle of Auckland looms next week when Scotland hopefully give England a good kicking at rugby, I was pleased to find out that Shanghai is also no stranger to such sporting fixtures. If you have looked at the rugby shirts on the wall at the SRFC you may have seen the rather splendid Shanghai Scots shirt from the 30′s. Simon Drakeford who is writing a book on the history of the SRFC/Shanghai Rugby recently sent me some photos of the mighty all conquering Shanghai Scots Cricket Team from around the 1860′s to 1890′s that took on the Shanghai English and beat them regularly. Clearly now it is my mission to restablish this fixture and obviously one lesson I can take from the current England cricket team is that in the modern era one can be very flexible  on the eligibility rules.

50p Challenge!

I think this has to be tried at training……

The Cricket World Cup, as Explained Two Months Later by the Yanks

A great article on cricket (albeit written for an American audience). From the new sports website Grantland.com.

“We are told that in ODI (One-Day International) tournaments, the team that bats first wins 72 percent of the time. This whole thing is basically NFL overtime. So when India wins the toss and elects to hit first, it strikes us as odd that the announcers would bother to discuss whether that decision is wise, but they do. They then do an interview with the Pakistani captain who does an admirable job of pretending that if he’d won the toss he would probably have just chosen to bat second anyway, but you can clearly tell he just died a little inside.”

Click here to read the full article.

Cricket For Smiles Begins

Many of you have already bought a patch, if you haven’t talk to your skipper at the next game. 80rmb is not a big ask, most just round it up to 100. This seems like a win win idea, spreading some cricket love in difficult times in Japan. The patches are on their way, Latex will be organising a sewing bee to attach them shortly. In the meantime witness some of the smiles you’ve had a part in.

See more here http://www.cricket.or.jp/cricketforsmiles/?lang=en

The Dunes:- The Jaguar Saves the World……..

Yes it is long…………

Special Thanks to the School Children of Kunlunqi and his royal holiness the Pope.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyechen/sets/72157626658801810/

The scene was set for another mammoth charity ‘push’ by the Bashers in Inner Mongolia. Seasoned tree planters, The Pusher, Woodstock & Parrot were once again embarking on their annual pilgrimage to Inner Mongolia to become one with their shovels and mother earth and spread the good word of the Bashers and the gospel of Cricket to the children of Kunlunqi.

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Danny “Saint” Morrison exclusive

Harsha Bhogle has a chat with Danny ‘Saint” Morrison…

Check out the link (Cricinfo) (there’s 4 parts):-

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/512049.html

If you listen closely I think he mentions the Bashers in there…

The Answer to the Bashers Bowling Woes?

PhillieBot, a one-armed, three-wheeled robot, designed by engineers at the University of Pennsylvania, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday’s baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers.

Full story here.

FREE FOOD – LUNCH AND DINNER

Bashers,

As you all know there is a monster weekend of cricket happening around the world this weekend, kicking off in Shanghai, where the SCC will be taking on Hong Kong’s Lamma Island in the Annual Breezer Trophy.

The SCC are currently looking for volunteers to help with the day in the form of two umpires, and a scorer.

Not only will you be allowing the Bashers to lead the way in contributing to the SCC, you will be doing a huge favour to the club. In addition to that you will also get free lunch at the ground and at the Bamboo that evening.

Any interested parties either post below – or ping me an email – oliver.austin@futurestep.com

Cricket World Cup Sweepstakes

Result from the draw on Saturday. Expecting some pretty vigorous banter to follow. A nice round 28 Entries.

Someone will be along shortly to tell you what you stand to win….

• Australia Woody & Mouse
• Bangladesh Swahili & T-Bag ––– OUT
• Canada Birdshit & Omega — OUT
• England Mrs. BS & Voodoo Phil
• India Nanjing & Mouse
• Ireland Golden Shears & Cranky — OUT
• Kenya Ned & Stats — OUT
• Netherlands Filthy & Korean — OUT
• New Zealand Lou & Shrek
• Pakistan Pothole & Oscar
• South Africa Voodoo Gav & Rock
• Sri Lanka Sinbad & Latex
• West Indies Inquisition & Omega
• Zimbabwe Omega & Camel Steve — OUT